Socialism...Is it Cool?

  








See this guy on the left? You may remember him. He was a fanatic, but a fantastic orator. He was a politician, but a killer. He was a man, but he was responsible for the murder of millions of innocent people. He was Hitler, and he was the face of the new socialism movement in Germany during the 1930s and 40s. 


Now look to the right. The Swastika has grown to become a despised and fear-inducing symbol around the world. It means death. It means control. It means concentration camps. It represents everything that the United States fights against. I represents the failed system that socialism is. There is no better example of socialism than Nazi Germany. So isn't it just a little disturbing when the President of the United States comes out in public and bashes the American system of government? Could he be - dare I say it? - a Marxist himself? 
See for yourself:


"… there is a certain crowd in Washington who, for the last few decades, have said, let’s respond to this economic challenge with the same old tune. “The market will take care of everything,” they tell us. If we just cut more regulations and cut more taxes – especially for the wealthy – our economy will grow stronger. Sure, they say, there will be winners and losers. But if the winners do really well, then jobs and prosperity will eventually trickle down to everybody else. And, they argue, even if prosperity doesn’t trickle down, well, that’s the price of liberty. Now, it’s a simple theory. And we have to admit, it’s one that speaks to our rugged individualism and our healthy skepticism of too much government. That’s in America’s DNA. And that theory fits well on a bumper sticker. But here’s the problem: It doesn’t work. It has never worked. It didn’t work when it was tried in the decade before the Great Depression. It’s not what led to the incredible postwar booms of the ’50s and ’60s. And it didn’t work when we tried it during the last decade. I mean, understand, it’s not as if we haven’t tried this theory." - Obama 


In a way, he's right. When the Pilgrims first hightailed it to the New World to escape religious persecution, they set up a commune right on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean. These settlers shared everything - nobody was better than the other. 
Until one day a revelation hit them. 
They realized that only half of the people were doing the work, while the other half primarily did nothing. 50% of the population was carrying 100% of the labor load. 
There were no incentives to have a better life. After all, everybody lived in the same way. There was no reason to work for advancement. The colony could barely feed themselves. So, Bradford came up with a monumental idea. He decided that everybody should have their own private property and manage it. People had an incentive to grow their own goods. The crops doubled. They had an incentive to trade with the Indians. Trading posts were established. Capitalism was born. 
So yes, America, as it was originally founded in 1620, didn't work. It failed miserably. It was a system of socialism before Karl Marx was even around to dream up the term. It was re-founded in democracy, capitalism and republicanism. So Obama is wrong. Dead wrong. This system works fine. 
It's his system of socialsim that is the miserable, miserable failure. 

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving Week! 

"Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; His love endures forever."

Psalm 107:1

Occupy Wall Street

They say a picture is worth a thousand words.  In that case, the millions of pictures that pop up on the Internet regarding the Occupy Wall Street movement spells out something pretty dismal. Just take a look at the picture above. "A Job Is A Right. Capitalism Doesn't Work." I'm sorry, last time I checked, it worked just fine. What doesn't work is when the government sticks its nose into places it doesn't belong - the opposite of capitalism. You know. Socialism, communism and so forth. I'm guessing the Occupiers have failed to check their history books and examine the miserable end products of Stalin's Russia and Hitler's Germany. All sterling examples of welfare states and government doles.

So what if freedom went down the tubes?
So what if millions of people died?
So what if Germany basically self-imploded and became bankrupt and subservient to the west?
It's all about equality. Everybody's entitled to success. Right?

I beg to differ. The Constitution states that we are all entitled to "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." The pursuit of happiness. Of success. Nowhere in the document does it say, "you have a right to a job, a right to succeed, and a right to being helped by the government."

There was a time when people took pride in getting a job, providing for their family, and being an independent, entrepreneurial, self-made man or woman. Today the college generation seems to think they are entitled to everything good in life, without earning it.
Wrong. Think again.

Today the Occupiers were ordered to leave Zuccotti Park in New York. Packing up their tents, signs and trash, they will leave the rape, public urination and vandalism behind them for somebody else to clean up. That in itself is a pretty good example of the Occupy Wall Street work ethic.

Journalism's Decline

There was a time when journalism was respected. I have seriously considered foraying into the field myself, but I often stop and wonder: is it worth it? There are reasons why I question the profession in this day and age.

Take the past week's coverage of the Herman Cain sex allegations, for example. First of all, all of the women accusing Mr. Cain of sexual harassment are anonymous. Second of all, there are no details about what happened. Third, Herman Cain was not a part of the "settlements" thus he cannot say what exactly happened.

And this puddle of anonymous non-facts warrants 90 articles from Politico alone?

Journalism used to entail careful research, fact checking and a strictly adhered to and respected code of ethics. It was the journalist's job to expose criminal activity and uncover seedy business deals. It was the journalist's job to remain totally and completely impartial to political parties and beliefs and report solidified facts to the public. Because when the truth is told, people generally make a logical decision based on real facts.

Mr. Cain's "scandal" is not a fact. It is not a person. It is not a name. It is not a place, time or detailed account. It is a story, and by all accounts, seemingly nothing but fluffy fiction. It is the present state of "journalism" and I seriously doubt if it will be improving anytime soon.

College Education

The subject of student loans has been popping up in the news lately, and it started me thinking: what is the true value of a college education? The importance of a college education is stressed from preschool to high school graduation.

A moment to reflect. Back in the day, the universities in the United States were not meant to be pillars of scientific exploration or enlightenment. They were meant to train Christian ministers for the field. Until, that is, they were taken over by the liberals of that time. And look at them now. They reverted to humanistic teachings and secular curriculum.

What does that have to do with today? Walk onto a college campus presently and see what whisper of God or patriotism you can find. You might be hard pressed. I'm going through college myself and I have been shocked at the extreme views I have been presented with. It becomes increasingly difficult to read or study any material that doesn't fawn over the theories of Karl Marx, tout the inequality of society in America and subtly blame capitalism for our problems. I can understand now why there are college students protesting on Wall Street. They've learned it in school - in textbooks and from teachers who don't care for the system of American government.

It makes you think twice about investing thousands in a college education.